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Topic Started: Feb 15 2011, 11:02 PM (488 Views)
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Midori wandered around Downtown. It was cold, but not too cold. Surprisingly, despite the cold, there were still a few people about outside. Midori smiled inside. It was nice to see people up and about, despite all the craziness of everyday life here.

She wondered for a moment just what her life would be like if she had grown up here. Perhaps she'd have had a lot more adventures. That would be nice.

She had observed a few students engaging in snowball fights earlier. She hadn't taken part in it at the time, being far too busy training. But... the allure of the glistening white frosty powder was too much to resist. She took a pack of snow in her hands, and formed a snowball.

Now all she needed was someone to throw it at. She shook her head. No, that was nonsense. She didn't have time for such childishness.

She looked around to the left and right.

Maybe... maybe one toss. Better not to hit someone though. Maybe a wall would make a good target. She took a step forward to get into a better position to strike the farthest wall from her position, but slipped on a patch of ice.

"<Oh!>" She said as she fell to the ground. That sure hurt. She took her hand to her rear to ease the pain. Only, it was still covered in snow. She yelped and jumped to her feet.

Oh what her sister would say if she saw that. Best not to tell her. Yeah, no need for anyone to know.
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Sho was walking and pondering her travels. She was new to this town. She had heard it was an odd place with strange happenings being a norm here. "Strange is normal here.....how interesting.....an oxymoron being a truth about life and this town....no one lives an ordinary life because everyone is different and strange in their own ways......"she pondered aloud to herself. She failed to notice that her powers had activated and that the portion of sidewalk the had been of had raised slightly and she tripped and fell face first into a snowbank and then hit something like a shoe. She felt around and found that the shoe was connected to an ankle and then she bolted up onto her feet once she heard a yelp from above. "I am very sorry. It was a complete accident! I wasn't trying anything funny I was just thinking and-and-well the sidewalk tripped me....well I made it trip me.....but not on purpose...this stuff happens to me a lot.....i really need to control myself better....wait I didn't mean it like that! um-um-um-um-um-sorry!"she finally said after getting out of her embarrassed fluster.
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Midori's eyes widened at the, discovery seemed the right word, of the other girl. A girl who had apparently gripped her ankle, though she hadn't noticed due to the cold. And now said girl was apologizing profusely and making a scene and just generally being far too flustered than Midori considered normal for a person to be.

"<Oh no, really. It's okay. I didn't notice.>" Her expression froze when she realized what she had just said. "<Oh, but I'm not like that. Not that there's anything wrong with people like that! And I'm not implying you're like that. I mean, it's okay really. That's what I was trying to say.>"

Perhaps it was the other girl's flusteredness that had Midori at a loss of her normal composure and thought. That was probably it.

No reason to be rude however. "<Oh, bye the way, my name is Midori. Yashura, Midori.>"
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"Ah! um....My name is Shokyo Sakusei. But most people call me Sho. Pleased to meet you......but not really because of the manner in which we met um....um...please don't be upset. If I focus on something too hard, I'll accidentally alter the world around me and embarrassing things tend to happen.....either to me or the people I bump into...b-but I'd rather not get into details,"she said still a bit flustered. "Um......do you go to school in this city? I'm new here so I don't know much other than hearsay..."
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"<Oh. That's interesting to note.>" Midori seemed to run into a lot of people with outlandish abilities these days.

She was asked if she was going to the school. "<Oh no. I'm a little too old to be going to school. I mostly just wander the city, looking for opportunities to train my skills. Hyakuji is an amazing place too, so I make sure to go everywhere I can and take in the sights.>"

"<And you're new here? Well in that case may I be the first to say that you get used to a lot of instances like this one.>" She mentally smacked herself for saying yet another thing that could be misconstrued.

"<Oh, by the way... do you mind showing me what you can do? I'm very eager about expanding my knowledge and I find the best way to do so is to study the abilities that the people in the city, mostly students, have. If you don't mind, I'd like to see what you can do. I can show you my ability in return if you wish.>"
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Someone was interested in her ability? And didn't think she was crazy when she talked about it? "Umm...o-ok. Hm....what to do........"she said. Then inspiration struck her. "She closed her eyes and when she opened them, they glowed red. The snow was whipped up be a localized gust of wind and then something strange happened cherry blossom petals seemed to blow in the wind. But on closer inspection, it was really just snow in the shape of petals that had caught the red light from her eyes. Then she blinked a few times and the petals went away and all looked normal as her eyes faded back to gray. "I can change or remove things on a basic material level. I can't make wood turn into metal and stuff. Plus whatever I change or remove comes back once I stop my powers."
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"<That certainly is unique. It's like some sort of minor reality warping ability. Maybe. I'd have to read more about this kind of phenomena to truly understand. My ability is tame compared to yours.>" Midori looked around to make sure no one else was watching. Not many people were okay with claymore swords materializing out of nowhere.

She closed her eyes and focused her mind on the pocket dimension she kept her family's ancestral weapons in. One Claymore appeared in behind her a few inches away. She gripped it in one hand. "<A weapon like this is a really a two-handed weapon. It takes exceptional strength, or else some other secret art to wield one like this.>" She stepped back a few paces to demonstrate the finesse her secret family crests provided.

"<Now, I can't tell you exactly how I do this, but I can tell you that I can use my abilities to lift several hundred pounds of mass as if it were much less. More than that, I can focus all the force of swinging that mass around into a single point. It makes for quite the effective disabling technique.>"

She stuck the tip of the blade into the snow, and cut into it making out the characters of her name. The corners of her mouth formed a smile. It wasn't permanent of course, being made in snow, but it would do. She then returned the Claymore to her pocket dimension. "<I must confess that I find your ability very interesting. The ability to alter the very fabric of matter, even if only temporarily and in basic structures, is quite a feat.>"
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"I agree. But still, materializing items like that and being able to wield that much mass is incredible,"Sho said. "My power is simple when one gets down to its basics. I think the idea of alchemy is a close relative to my powers. Being able to convert a substance to others by changing the way it is bonded and made up. Like alchemy, I must follow the laws of nature when changing something,"she said with a shrug.
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Shokyo had her there. Despite the incredible nature of her powers, they were still very uniform and regulated in regards to what they could and couldn't do. Midori's by contrast, had proven able to become stronger through rigorous training and study. Then again, it wasn't so much like she didn't know the rules as much as she hadn't yet discovered the limitations of her powers.

She pondered on that a bit. The air was still quite cold. She could see her breath. "<Despite being able to do such things, we ourselves are still subject to the same things everyone else is. After all, no matter what a person can do, they are still a person. Just like this snow falls on everyone equally, so do the laws of nature apply equally to all. Some of us have just learned to bend, or even avoid some of those rules. That's all.>"

She gazed up into the sky. "<I don't know what it is about cold weather that always makes me reflect on stuff like this. Maybe it's the sheer number of applicable metaphors? Still, it's nice to just reflect on life every now and then.>"
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Sho followed her gaze. "I agree. Perhaps the sheer ability of winter to put nature to sleep and to slow down life in the city enables us to ponder even more deeply, the wonders of life itself. Winter is akin to sleep, which is related to death, and so we remember our own mortality. Memento mori, if you prefer the Latin phrase,"Sho said.
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"<Latin, something about that language has always amazed me. Cogito ergo sum.>" She shook her head. "<You can say the simplest things in that language and they can sound so profound.>"

"<You are right about Winter. It's the time of year where everything slows down. The chaos of life draws ever closer to the order of death. Though that happens moment by moment, it seems so much more certain in this season.>"

She looked back to Sho. "<I'm probably saying things that probably don't mean anything anyway. I'm sorry if it's a little boring. Anyway, how are you liking life in Hyakuji so far? It has to be quite interesting, I bet.>"
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"No, what you are saying makes sense,"Sho said. "Actually, its a very nice city, and I have yet to see anything particularly out of the ordinary. Though I'm sure once I start classes, I'm bound to see some interesting things,"she said. "Is this town prone to strange disasters like I've heard?"
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(Gah, apologies for slow reply. -1 dedication for LS.)

"<Honestly I don't quite know. There hasn't been much of anything major that I've heard about. Though I'm sure you've heard much more about the incident at the school festival a while back. I've heard a bit of the students chattering but haven't been able to figure out what it was all about. Other than that nothing really comes to mind.>"

Which was interesting as part of the reason Midori chose to stay was because of all the interesting things that happened here. She smiled. Even if nothing incredibly interesting was happening, the fact did not change that life here was always an adventure.

Something she was sure that Sho would learn through experience just as she was.
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"Hmm.....well ok. Well, from what I've heard, life here will always be exciting. I here some of the classes get pretty crazy too. I can't wait!"she said with a smile. "By the way, I'm really glad that I met someone as nice as you. Most people don't notice me until I accidentally do something,"Sho said.
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"<Well as I see it there really is no reason not to be nice and polite to everyone you meet.>" She nodded. "<I'm sure you'll find other people more than willing to talk to you simply for who you are. Even here it's not always what you can do that defines you.>"

"<Besides, I'm sure that with time and practice, you'll do fine. Even if we don't understand how something works, we as humans are very quick to learn.>"
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